Dumping truck or car.



110.732,5'44. f' PATENT'ED'JUNE30,1903,v

s. E. GLADDING.

' y DUMPING TRUCK 0R GAR.

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N0 MODEL.

` ummm@ UNITED STATES Patented June eo, 190.

PATENT OFFICE.V

YoutrPlNe TRUCK 0R CAR.

SPCIFICATICN forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,544, dated June 30,1905.3.

Application filed March I3, 1903 Serial No. 147.559. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern: Be it known that I, SAMUEL ELLIS GLAD- DING,a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the countyof Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Dumping Trucks or Cars, of which the following is a'specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for dumpingthe load of a truck, car, or similar carriage or vehicle; and with thisand other objects in view the invention consists in the construction,combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Theinvention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of myimprovement are designated by suitable reference characters in each ofthe views, and in Which-V Figure lis an end View of an ordinary truckmade in the manner of a car and provided with my improved dumpingmechanism; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof and Showing the'bed or body in adumping position, and Fig. 3 a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings forming part of thisspecification I have shown at a. therails of a railway-track and at b the frame or body of a. truck,which ismounted thereon and provided.

with axles b2 and wheels 193,1. but my invention is in no way limited tothe construction of the truck, and the same may be applied to any kindor class of trucks as well as to ordinary cars.

In the practice of my invention I place in the bottom or framework ofthe truck transversely-arranged rollers c, any desired number of whichmay be employed and which may be supported in any desired manner and maybe of any preferred form, and these rollers are designed to normallysupport the box or bed d, which is designed to carry the load.

At each side of the frame or bottom of th truck is placed a shaft e, andthese shafts are parallel and may be supported by or providedv with anysuitable bearings, and secured to and wound on each of these shafts at fare lsupported crank h, and in the form of construction shown thesecranks are connected with and form a part of a shaft h2, which passesloosely through the bottom of the box or bed Cl and is free to turntherein, and each of the cranksh is provided at its free end with anoutwardly-d irected member h3. The shafts e are also provided at one'endwith a crank e2, by means of which they maybe turned in eitherdirection, and at the opposite ends of the frame or bottom of the truckare arranged curved guides c' and i2, between which theoutwardly-directed members h3 of the cranks hl operate.

In the'normal position of the box or bed d it rests Vcentrally on thetruck or car frame and on the rollers c, as shown in Figs. l and 3, andin order to dump the same, as shown in Fig. 2, the left-hand shaft eisturned so as to wind the corresponding cords g thereon. This operationgradually draws the box or bed over toward the left-hand side of the caror truck, and when it reaches its extreme lateral position it may betilted easily, so as to drop into the position shown in Fig. 2, and theload will be dumped, as will be readily understood. In this operationthecranks h engage with the upper. guides 'i2 and prevent the bed' orbody from swinging too far out or `being entirely detached from thetruck of the car, this position of said cranks being shown in Figs. 2and 3, and whenever it is desired to return the bed or box to its normalposi- Y.

tion,`vor that shown in Fig. l, the right-hand shaft eis turned so as towind the corresponding cords g thereon, and in this operation the bed orbox is drawn back into the'position shown in Fig. 1. In the movement ofthe bed or box toward one side or the other of the truck or car themembers h3 of the cranks h rest on the guides i until the turning1 ordumping of the box or bed begins, at

which time the said members h3 of the cranks h come in contact with theinner or bottom surfaces of the guides i2, and thus Said cranks andthesaid guides always hold the bed or box in proper position.

In the form of construction shown the IOO `guides z' and 2 simplyconsist of curved bars, and these may be secured to the truck-frame inany desired manner; but these guides may be formed in Various Ways andother changes in and modifications of the constructionherein describedmaybe made Without departing` from the spirit of my invention orsacrificing its advantages, and I reserve the ri ght to make ail suchalterations therein as fairly come Within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A truck or car provided with rollers arranged transversely thereofand a bed or body resting thereon, shafts supported at the oppositesides of the truck or car, cords connected with said shafts and with thebottom portion of the bed or body, curved guides connected with thetruck or car at the opposite ends thereof and cranks connected with theopposite ends of the bed or body and operating` between said `suides,substantially as shown and described.

2. In an apparatus of the class described a truck-frame, a bed or bodymounted thereon, shafts supported at the opposite sides of thetruck-frame, cords connected lwith said shaft and with the bed or body,curved guides supported at the opposite ends of the truck-frame andcranks loosely connected with the ends of the bed or body and operating`between said guides, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing,` Witnesses, this 3d day of March,1903.

SAMUEL ELLIS GLADDING.

Vitnessc/s IDA C. H. GLADDTNG, HENRY CHAPIN.

